Improvement in barrel-hoop stretchers



D. STALLARD, Jr. ABarrel-Hoop Stretcher.

No. 210,815. Patented Dec. 10,1878.

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DAVID STALLARD, JR., OF NEN LIBERTY, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT `IN BARREL-HOOP STRETCHERS.

Specification forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 210,815, dated December 10, 1878; application filed August 20, 1878.

To all 'whom it may concem:

Be it known that LDAVID STALLARD, Jr., of

New Liberty, in the county of Owen and State oi' Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HoopStretchers, which iinproveinent is fully set forth in the following specication and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a side view with the apparatus closed, and Fig. 3 a side view with the apparatus open.

The object of this invention is t0 provide a stretcher for barrels, hogsheads, or other circular vessels having hoops, so constructed that the hoops can easily hc adjusted and it consists in a seinicircle attached to the extremities of three prongs extending from a single stein, and having on the outer surface of this circle another sexnicircle, also attached to the ends of the prongs extending from a single stem, having at its opposite end a handle, and pivotcd near the prongs to the upper stein.

In the drawing, A is a stein, having at one end two ears orlugs, C, extending downwardly, and at the other end three prongs, a aa. The stem and prongs are made of any suitable metal.

At the. terminal of the prongs is a circular piece, B, forming a portion of any sized circle desired for the purpose.

D is another stein, which is placed directly under stein A, and pivoted to the saine through ears C by means of a pin, c. The end of this stem D which extends beyond the end of stein A is provided with a handle, E. The opposite end has also these prongs, which terminate at another circular piece, F, which lits the outer surface of the circular piece B.

The ope-ration of my device is as follows: Fig. 3 shows the position in which the apparatas is held preparatory to placing the hoop on the barrel. The opposite side oi' the hoop is placed over the barrel, and the circular part ot' the hoop B is then placed on the inside of the hook, and the circles B and F are brought close together, and the handle E lowered.

This movement causes the top of the barrel to contract, and at the saine tilne draws the hoop over the ends of the staves, `when the hoop can be readily driven down.

The use of this is applicable for any sized 

